Improvement in hats



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MANUEL J. NASOIMENTO, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,772, dated June 12,1877; application filed April 27, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANOEL J. N ASGIMEN- T0, of the city ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful1mprovement in Hats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat embodying my invention, and Fig.2. a vertical sectional elevation of part of the same, showing anenlarged view of my improvement.

My invention is specially applicable to silk or other hats having stiiforrigid bodies, and in which the side crown and brim are united aftertheir respective formation; and has for its object the provision of amoisture-proof connecting-band between the side crown and brim, whichshall at the same time serve as a yielding bearing-surface for the headof the wearer.

My invention consists in the interposition between the brim and thecrown of the hat, and the union of the one to the other, of a rubberband or connecting-piece, the applica tion of the rubber band beingefi'ectuated by separating the layers of the side crown and brim, asshown in Fig. 2, and inserting and cementing between them the rubberpiece.

In Figs. 1 and 2, a is the side crown; b, the brim, and c the rubberconnection.

It is obvious that this rubber connecting material may be about theinside of the side crown and on the under face of the brim instead ofbetween the layers, as hereinbefore described, or that it may extendpartially around the hat, so far as is necessary to provide a flexibleyielding material for a bearingsurface for the fore part of the head ofthe wearer, and a moisture-proof guard for the portion of the hatdesigned to come in contact with the fore part of the head of thewearer.

The advantages of my improvement are, that a hat so made not onlypresents a yielding and conformable opening for the head of the wearer,but the rubber prevents the discoloration of the hat in the region ofthe band, by providing an impervious interior band.

I am aware that the side crown and brim of hats have been joined by theinterposition of a yielding band of plaited grass and like wovenfabrics; but these devices have not provided a moisture-proofconnection, and in the process of forming the hat they have been foundto become impregnated with the glutinous materials incident to themanufacture, and to become rigid and brittle, and thus become void oftheir yielding quality.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a hat, the side crown and brim of whichare united by a yielding and moisture-proof rubber connecting piece,substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

MAN OEL J. NASOIMENTO.

Witnesses:

W. 0. STRAWBBIDGE, OWEN DARGY.

